Section 358 Of Part 2. Marriage License From California Family Law Code >> Division 3. >> Part 2.
358
. (a) The State Department of Public Health shall prepare and
publish a brochure that shall contain the following:
(1) Information concerning the possibilities of genetic defects
and diseases and a listing of centers available for the testing and
treatment of genetic defects and diseases.
(2) Information concerning acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
(AIDS) and the availability of testing for antibodies to the probable
causative agent of AIDS.
(3) Information concerning domestic violence, including resources
available to victims and a statement that physical, emotional,
psychological, and sexual abuse, and assault and battery, are against
the law.
(4) Information concerning options for changing a name upon
solemnization of marriage pursuant to Section 306.5, or upon
registration of a domestic partnership pursuant to Section 298.6.
That information shall include a notice that the recording of a
change in name or the absence of a change in name on a marriage
license application and certificate pursuant to Section 306.5 may not
be amended once the marriage license is issued, but that options to
adopt a change in name in the future through usage, common law, or
petitioning the superior court are preserved, as set forth in Section
306.5.
(b) The State Department of Public Health shall make the brochures
available to county clerks who shall distribute a copy of the
brochure to each applicant for a marriage license, including
applicants for a confidential marriage license and notaries public
receiving a confidential marriage license pursuant to Section 503.
The department shall also make the brochure available to the
Secretary of State, who shall distribute a copy of the brochure to
persons who qualify as domestic partners pursuant to Section 297 and
shall make the brochure available electronically on the Internet Web
site of the Secretary of State.
(c) The department shall prepare a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender specific domestic abuse brochure and make the brochure
available to the Secretary of State who shall print and make
available the brochure, as funding allows, pursuant to Section 298.5.
(d) Each notary public issuing a confidential marriage license
under Section 503 shall distribute a copy of the brochure to the
applicants for a confidential marriage license.
(e) To the extent possible, the State Department of Public Health
shall seek to combine in a single brochure all statutorily required
information for marriage license applicants.